'Demand' feeding an older baby??

[StrawberryMumma]

Thanks guys for sharing your experiences. Really good to hear. DD is definitely a bit obsessive with the boobs at the moment, but she's been in a bit of a teary mood too now so maybe she's not feeling quite right. That might be why. We'll see how we go anyway with demand feeds anyway.

MummaB..I would imagine having bb in your face would just be way too tempting! Like when your at home and you know there is chocolate sitting in the fridge

[Matryoshka]

LOL i think you are right there Lee

[Smoke Jaguar]

Still demand feeding my nearly 22 month old He feeds quite a bit during they day when I'm around - sometimes hardly at all, but as a rule, he'll feed at least 4 or 5 times a day. I do offer it when my supply is all over the place and I need to offload, otherwise I let him ask...and he does!
Not planning on scheduling him. When he's sick he'll feed more (like ATM), and that's cool, cos at least he can have something other than water when he's got a tummy bug!

[Bathsheba]

Like Maya I demand feed my 22 month old. Some days it could be 8 - 10 brief 2 minute feeds that are probably more reassurance sucks (like when he has hurt himself). Recently I thought I may have had to wean to take medication (doctor then said there was a type of tablet I could take and still BF) and I was devestated because it would have meant that an important source of comfort would have been eliminated.... at 4am (when I sometimes need to bring him into bed for a quick feed afterwhich he drifts off to sleep... usually within 3-4 minutes) this would have been gruelling... i just don't "do" rocking/patting or that kind of out-of-bed settling anymore.... i'm just too tired (part of my condition). BF is just too easy... a true win/win situation.

In a nutshell: I wouldn't about set times... appetites and comfort needs ebb and flow... I'd go with her rhythms.

[BellyBelly]

I always found Elijah would get more obsessive just before he would come down with something, if he wasn't feeling well, teething etc. Thank god for the boob - he'd never eat anything when he was sick and would never have medicine when sick. Thats what kept me going - knowing I could help him in a special way that didn't require medicine and he'd have the comfort of being with me too. They really do seem to increase/decrease with their needs, be it emotional, physical etc.

[StrawberryMumma]

Thanks for responding guys..

Bath- yeah, we definitely have a lot of comfort feeds her too..And you're right in saying BF is an easy comfort.

Kelly- That is a great thought, the fact that it is kinda like medicine in a sense when they are sick...an amazing comfort.

Sometimes I think what the heck would I do without boobs..you know those moments when NOTHING else will settle them..Boobs are definitely a great invention

Well, now I'm pregnant too! so I'm interested to see what my little miss does with her feeds now because of that. And am wondering if she will drop her feeds or wean..She really does love a good booby snuggle still so I'm hoping she'll keep going for quite a while yet..Guess we'll see!

[Matryoshka]

Congrats on your pregnancy Lee!

I'm 27 weeks and so far breastfeeding is still going strong. I agree about the sickness thing, DS recently had tonsilitis and wouldn't eat or drink anything except breastfeeding, i am so thankful he would still BF.